Advanced Clinical Practitioner - Prescot, United Kingdom - Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

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Prescot, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Deliver and participate in the clinical care of patients referred into the CYP Eating Disorder Service. Ensure young people and families access consistent / safe clinical support. Prioritise workload and clinical interventions as appropriate.

To be professionally and legally accountable for all work undertaken to practice at an advanced level of professional autonomy and accountability that is within Trust policies and the Nursing and Midwifery Code of Conduct or the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC).

Provide a level of advanced and comprehensive health assessment based on a specialist body of knowledge.

To appropriately assess, examine, investigate, diagnose and treat patients, resulting in the safe management and appropriate referral or discharge of patients.

Ensure patients are informed and consent is gained prior to treatment, investigation and management as appropriate. Take responsibility for the supervision/development of junior members of the multi-professional team.

Is able to identify the need for appropriate diagnostic tests, interpret the results and act on any results requiring clinical intervention or management.

To identify and intervene proactively where circumstances contribute to an unsafe environment for patients, staff or relatives and escalate these to the health and safety team/safeguarding team.

To share knowledge and expertise, acting as an expert resource to others across primary and secondary care as appropriate.

Contribute to the development and improvement of systems and processes that facilitate patient flow, facilitating timely discharge and preventing hospital admission.

To improve the quality of the patient experience by identifying and meeting the individual clinical needs of patients including issues pertaining to child protection & vulnerable adults.

Must have completed the Independent Non-Medical Prescribing course and registration with the NMC or HCPC, undertake non-medical prescribing in accordance with the Trust non-medical prescribing policy and maintain evidence and competence of this qualification.

Adhere to CPD requirements of the Trust in relation to maintaining evidence of on-going competence. To maintain up to date patient records in accordance with Trust policy and professional bodies standards.

Ability to adapt specialist clinical knowledge and skills to different clinical settings and influence service delivery and patient care.

To provide advice on patient care to the wider MDT taking into account all aspects of clinical Governance and act as a specialist resource within the working area.

Promote and adhere to the principles and practice of the Trusts clinical governance framework.

Contribute to the review and development of clinical patient pathways and the development of the service, ensuring our services are safe.

Support internal and external transformation plans. Adhere to trust infection and prevention control policies and procedures. Maintain up to date qualifications in relation to Basic life support (BLS) / Intermediate life support (ILS), as required. Lead on the review and implementation of appropriate NICE guidance.

Will support the CYPED service with clinical/therapy competencies. Will be the key link for other teams within the CYP directorate. Will be key link person for educating staff around physical health within eating disorders. Lead on clinical audits.

Act as a link for secondary / inpatient care to discuss potential patient admissions through collaborative working.